The Justice League International (or "JLI") was the PostCrisis version of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica. Starting with ''Justice League'' #1 (May, 1987), it gained its more familiar title with issue #7 (November, 1987).

[[TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks By that time]], comic books were getting DarkerAndEdgier, and most of the "Big Seven" heroes of Creator/DCComics were unavailable for varied reasons. So writers Keith Giffen and J.M. [=DeMatteis=] had to work with a cast of mostly minor characters, including such [[NonPoweredCostumedHero nonsuperpowered heroes]] as ComicBook/BlueBeetle and [[ComicBook/NewGods Mister Miracle]]. What to do then? Giffen had a great idea: instead of going DarkerAndEdgier, they went LighterAndSofter, turning the comic book into a super hero comedy. Yes, they get to fight against vampires, [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], [[PresidentEvil dictators]], [[HumongousMecha giant Nazi robots]], [[AlienInvasion alien invasions]] and the like, but most of their plots dealt with completely bizarre situations: Guy Gardner and Ice having a date at an ice show, the heroes go to school to learn French, Blue Beetle and ComicBook/BoosterGold build a casino at a paradise island, or the mayhem at both their embassies caused by... an alley cat (yes, they made a [[BatFamilyCrossover 2 issues crossover]] with that). They were also used to fight [[HarmlessVillain Harmless Villains]] and [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains]], and had to deal with [[SuperZeroes annoying "good guys"]] as G'Nort or The Beefeater. All that being said, the book could and did get quite dark, and these dark times were often more affecting, precisely because of the overall light tone of the book; also, the dark times were also often the funniest, at least to some readers.

The initial cast (Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, [[Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]], ComicBook/BlueBeetle, ComicBook/BlackCanary, ComicBook/DoctorFate, [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], [[ComicBook/NewGods Mister Miracle and his sidekick Oberon]]) got new members afterwards, such as ComicBook/BoosterGold or Fire and Ice (from the ComicBook/GlobalGuardians, a MultinationalTeam that the United Nations disbanded to form the JLI). They got a related series, "Justice League Europe" (JLE), with ComicBook/CaptainAtom, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}, Franchise/TheFlash, Ralph Dibny (ComicBook/ElongatedMan) and his wife Sue, Rocket Red, and Comicbook/AnimalMan. All teams were managed by Maxwell Lord, a crooked but ultimately good-hearted man. (He was [[RetCon turned into an evil villain]] during the ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Countdown to Infinite Crisis]]'', but was not a villain at all back then, except when controlled by an evil computer).

When Giffen and [=DeMatteis=] left the series, they made a GrandFinale where the League lost the UN support and disbanded. The League then returned in ''Justice League Spectacular'', with much the same characters, but a less overtly comedic tone, including Maxwell Lord's apparent death. (Somewhere in the middle of that, Justice League Europe changed its name to Justice League International, for maximum confusion.) Following ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'', Franchise/WonderWoman and ComicBook/CaptainAtom formed rival Leagues (Cap's appearing in the too-nineties-for-words book ''Extreme Justice''), before Creator/GrantMorrison re-invented the JLA as "the Big Seven", and the last vestiges of the Giffen/[=DeMatteis=] League disappeared.

These folks returned in the miniseries "Formerly Known as the Justice League" and "I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League". As the 'real' Justice League was now in operation, they were named "The Super Buddies" instead.

The team was reunited by Creator/JuddWinick in the well-received ''Justice League: Generation Lost'' maxi-series, albeit with the new ComicBook/BlueBeetle and Rocket Red filling in for their deceased predecessors. This lead to a 2011 ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch of ''Justice League International'', which featured many of the same characters, as well as Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Godiva and August General in Iron. Despite decent sales, the latest series has since [[ExecutiveMeddling been cancelled in order to launch]] a new ''Justice League of America'' title, and ended with an Annual issue in September 2012 to finish the story.----!!''Justice League International'' contains examples of:%%%% PLEASE read ExampleIndentationInTropeLists%%* AbsoluteCleavage: Fire's and Ice's first outfit (seen in the above group shot), and Owlwoman.* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: If you thought that Earth sewers were disgusting, then you have never been through Apokolips' sewers. And someone simply has to ask: why does the sewer system lead directly to Darkseid's private lair?* AdaptationDisplacement: Lampshaded InUniverse by Metamorpho, during the "War of the Gods" crossover. The League fought against Thor, Loki and Balder, who were attacking Ice's homeland. Metamorpho pointed that he had thought that [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor was blonde...]]* AIIsACrapshoot: The [[OriginsIssue origin story]] of Maxwell Lord. He was a successful businessman, and found by chance the computer of Metron. Rather than using the computer for his purposes, the computer used Lord to TakeOverTheWorld (including his initial relations with the League). When he realized the true nature of the computer, Lord destroyed it, even if that meant that he would die afterwards because the computer was keeping him alive. The League found him and saved his life, and when the Martian Manhunter read Lord's mind and understood the things he did, J'onn left him with a JL card, as a token of his trust. * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Ice simply loves Guy Gardner, much to Fire's despair. [[InvertedTrope Interestingly]] It's not Guy's "bad boy" personality that Ice likes, but the nice guy that occasionally shines through. * AmericaSavesTheDay: Subverted. The suffix "International" instead of "Of America" is not just a name, but a plot element, as the team is endorsed by the UN, had a related team located in Europe and embassies at other countries. It is highly specific when the U.S. sends the supergroup "The Conglomerate" to depose a [[PresidentEvil Latin American dictator]], and the UN orders the JLI to stop the Conglomerate. ** Deconstructed during JLE. The fact the team is made up of mostly Americans and one Russian at first is a bone of contention with the French, where the JLE's initial embassy is. The fact none of them outside The Elongated Man and Rocket Red 5 (Said Russian) know the language does not help. * AnotherDimension: The destroyed Earth where the Justifiers came from. The Silver Sorceress could use her magic to move across dimensions at will; Dreamslayer could do the same as well when he took the info from her. * AntiClimax: They are specially good at it. Blue Beetle always point that there's nothing as good as humor to relax an otherwise conflictive situation.* AppliedPhlebotinum: Power Girl eventually learns that the source of her violent mood swings is ''diet soda'', although this was a RetCon, since, when Giffen and [=DeMatteis=] were writing the book, her "mood swings" were obviously the result of the fact that some people on the team were perfectly nice to her, and others constantly ogled her and said obnoxious things to her.* ArcWords: "Why does everybody in this group insist in questioning my orders?"* [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 50-Foot G'Nort]]* BattleCry: The JLI does not have one... because nobody paid attention to Blue Beetle's proposals.* BerserkButton: Most characters have one:** Guy Garder: Communism, [[AlwaysSecondBest Hal Jordan]], discipline, [[RunningGag Hal Jordan]], criticism, [[RuleOfThree Hal Jordan]], denial of his crazy ideas, [[OverlyLongGag Hal Jordan]]...*** You could also replace Hal Jordan with Batman.** Fire: Guy Gardner** Flash: Comparisons with Barry Allen** ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}: Being ten kilometers near Simon Stagg or Java** Martian Manhunter: Being the leader of the JLI** Captain Atom: Being the leader of the JLE.** Black Canary: Machismo** Hawkman: His teammates** Power Girl: Life itself** Maxwell Lord: Losing money* BettyAndVeronica: When Franchise/{{Superman}} joins the League, Ice almost immediately gets a crush on him, causing Guy to view Supes as a love rival.* BigEater: Blue Beetle constantly struggles with his weight.* BlessedWithSuck: ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}} whines about this constantly.* BrilliantButLazy: Guy Gardner's combined willpower and imagination give him the potential to be one of the most powerful [[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lanterns]] ever. Too bad he doesn't really care to try that hard or he's usually too pissed off to think straight.* ButtMonkey: Fans of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] or Comicbook/AnimalMan will ''not'' like this comic. The former's naive optimism is constantly joked about by the other team members (he's [[FanNickname nicknamed]] Captain Whitebread), and the latter's powers are treated as completely useless.* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Joseph Jones transformed into General Glory by shouting "Lady Liberty hear my plea! For the land of the brave and the home of the free!"* CaptainErsatz: Take a guess who the ''Scarlet Skier'' is a parody of. He tried really hard too. Took a correspondence course in {{melodrama}}. And to make it funnier, he's basically the only villain G'Nort ever defeated.** General Glory is a rather blatant knock-off of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.** The Rocket Reds are Russian, mass-produced imitations of ComicBook/IronMan.* CasanovaWannabe: Booster Gold in France, in his civilian clothing, tries to seduce a random French woman... and fails in 46 seconds, with Ted Kord laughing loudly. Even worse, that random woman was Catherine, but she does not recognize Gold in his super hero suit... until she passes by Blue Beetle, who's still laughing.** Beetle himself is no slouch in this department, failing to pick up a woman even in costume at his own resort.** The Flash when it comes to his fellow superheroes. Power Girl just tended to either be annoyed by it or ignore it while Fire threatened him.* CatchPhrase** Hawkman: "...because in the old League..."** Rocket Red: "It was just a little joke"** Everyone: "So you keep telling me."* TheCavalry: Double subverted in the first JLI-JLE crossover. Overwhelmed by vampires, Rocket Red told Captain Atom that it was a good moment for the arrival of the cavalry. Atom told him that he saw too many American films, no cavalry will come to their rescue because ThisIsReality. And then... the JLI arrived, and Blue Beetle pointed that "the cavalry is here!"* [[ChekhovsGunman Chekhov's Gun(wo)man]]: When Queen Bee first appears, she's just Harjavti's assistant, and her role is just to provide dialogue to hear Harjavti's EvilPlan. Later, she unexpectedly kills him, and suddenly becomes the new dictator of Bialya.* ComicBooksAreReal: General Glory is Guy Gardner's favourite comic book character. That's a real American, not that flying boy scout who isn't even from this planet! And one day, he got the last remaining comic book of General Glory. Some old folk was annoying him to let him have a brief look at it, and Gardner finally let him. He located the magic words, which he had forgot during years of amnesia, and [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull turned into General Glory!]]* TheComicallySerious: {{Batman}}, MartianManhunter, and, to a lesser extent, CaptainAtom.* ContinuityNod: In an early comic the League is engaged by a squadron of Rocket Reds, ending with ComicBook/BlackCanary kicking one in the face through his mask. A few months later when a Rocket Red is assigned to the league, it's revealed to be the same guy, now sporting a missing tooth thanks to the kick.* ContinuityPorn: If you notice something strange about Dr. Fate (such as that he is an old man now, or even a woman), don't ask questions. It's better for your sanity. Don't even bother with a "but are Dr. Fate or not?", it will just make things more complicated. * CoversAlwaysLie: Going by the comic cover pictured above you'd think Franchise/WonderWoman was a significant character in the series. You'd be very, very wrong.* CreatorCameo: The League complained several times about a bizarre comic book about them that was published. Gardner even destroyed their office, after feeling insulted. * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Everybody, even Max.** Special mention goes to ComicBook/BlueBeetle. While in Bialya, he was unknowingly brainwashed into becoming a sleeper agent. [[ContinuityNod Some time later,]] he gets activated and ''nearly takes out the entire League single-handedly.'' Even Batman admits that Beetle gave him a run for his money, impressing Beetle himself.* CursedWithAwesome: The Grey Man was a sorcerer of the middle ages, who managed to see the [[EnergyBeings Masters of Order]]. He was cursed to live forever at a lonely island, doing mystical maintenance to the world... until he finds out that, [[InsaneTrollLogic in their weird logic]], the Masters of Order thought they were blessing him.* DamselInDistress: Black Canary really ''hates'' to be one of those. Mr. Miracle even had to negotiate with her to save her life. * DeathGlare: It was all that Batman needed to force Guy Gardner out of his tantrum and sit down. * DramaticPause: Lampshaded by Manga Khan and L-Ron. After destroying a planet, Manga Khan asks where do they go now, and L-Ron points that they found a perfect planet. Khan complains in the corridor why L-Ron is not saying anything else, and L-Ron points that he was making a dramatic pause. And the planet was... [[spoiler:Earth! But, as L-Ron said, I guess nobody should be surprised about that]]. * EuropeansAreKinky: Crimson Fox [[spoiler:more exactly, Vivian D'Aramis, not Constance]] was always trying to seduce Captain Atom. Captain Atom replied with the "American military are stoic" trope.* FieryRedhead: Guy, though just how red his hair was depended on the artist.* FighterMageThief: The Justifiers: Wandjina, Silver Sorceress and Blue Jay.* {{Flanderization}}: Most mainstays of the Giffen-era ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational suffered heavy Flanderization; that was sort of [[RuleOfFunny the whole point of the books.]]** A notable aversion occurs with, of all people, [[Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]]. Giffen and [=DeMatteis=] were concerned with how much Flanderization had already occurred with the character, who initially was more intelligent than Hal Jordan, but by the time of joining the JLI was mostly famous as a JerkAss with severe brain damage. A punch from Franchise/{{Batman}} sends Guy into an alternate, hyper-sensitive persona, [[spoiler: eventually revealed to be a total con, as Guy enjoyed screwing with his teammates. His girlfriend, Ice, sees through it.]]** In a surprising moment of SelfDeprecation, the original writing team actually addressed their Flanderization in the [[ReunionShow reunion mini-series]] ''Formerly Known as the Justice League''. In one of the more memorable moments, ComicBook/BlueBeetle actually calls out ComicBook/BoosterGold by [[TookALevelInDumbass claiming that he used to be competent and heroic before joining the JLI]], and accuses him of acting stupid and childish on purpose.* FrankensteinsMonster: Wandjina died, and Harvjati brought him back as a mindless zombie.* GetRichQuickScheme: Beetle and Booster had several; the best-remembered is probably "Club JLI", where they stole Justice League funds to start up a casino resort on what turned out to be a living island.* GoldfishPoopGang: The Injustice League* GoodOlBoy: Hawkman. The perfect Thanagarian republican... even if there are no republicans on Thanagar.-->'''Hawkman''': "Hell?!" Did you just say "Hell?!" Never in my life did I hear [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] say "Hell!"* HeadbuttingHeroes: What happened when the League had their first meeting? A head to head fight! Oh, sorry if I broke the surprise. * HesBack: And how! Guy Gardner, after some months of IdentityAmnesia, was so calm, reading the poetry of Creator/LeonardNimoy... then, with a new TapOnTheHead, he returns to be the Guy Gardner we all love and enjoy (well, he returns to his usual self, period) and goes with all the rage against Lobo.* HeadDesk: How some of the characters deal with the goofiness around them, especially Oberon.* HeelFaceMole: Lobo briefly joined the League for a chance to kill the members (plus Big Barda and G'Nort) who were on a mission in space at the time.* HeroWithBadPublicity: The League was constantly insulted by Jack Ryder on TV. Max Lord knew he had to counter this publicity to have the League go international as planned. * HumanoidAliens: Occasionally ComicBook/MartianManhunter would walk around in his true Martian appearance, usually [[{{Squick}} freaking out]] anyone who sees him.-->'''Fire''': Was that WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}?* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Fire and Crimson Fox do this from time to time. [[{{Irony}} Despite her potential advantage in this sort of behavior]], ComicBook/PowerGirl is disgusted by the very thought of acting like this.* ImAHumanitarian: During a membership drive, all applicants (or at least alien ones) had to answer a question on whether they've ever eaten a human. [[Franchise/GreenLantern Kilowog]] comments "That's ridiculous! Humans taste terrible!"* IdentityAmnesia: Tired of having Batman in command, Guy Gardner took off the ring and tried to settle things as men do. [[http://geek-news.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/int_jli_punch.jpg Batman thrashed the hell out of him in a single punch]]. When he woke up, he tried to retrieve his ring from beneath a desk, and got a second TapOnTheHead. When he woke up, he was a new Guy Gardner, interested in poetry, good feelings, friendship, respectful, being nice to everyone... in short, everything that Guy Gardner is not. He stayed that way for several months (even across the ''ComicBook/{{Millennium}} crossover), and then returned to his true self against Lobo. * [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Aliens]]: During ''ComicBook/{{Invasion}}'', Booster Gold was left on monitor duty with Oberon, while the others got all the fun against the Aliens. And then, the embassy is attacked by a band of Khunds... smurf-sized Khunds, because of PhlebotinumBreakdown, but still, smurf-sized Khunds with laser weapons. Booster Gold, so eager to crush some aliens, is defeated off-screen in a single panel, and it's Oberon who manages to defeat them. Being in the same League with Guy Gardner and Max Lord may had been difficult for Oberon, but being called "Giant" surely made it worth. [[spoiler:By the way, what would you do with smurf-sized aliens after you defeat them? Throw some big books over them? Nah, there are humane ways to deal with them... such as placing them inside cockroach traps.]]* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Injustice League, to the point they later took a stab at being heroes.* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: What can a very old Nazi, who can barely stand up without breaking his bones, do against the Justice League? Of course! Unleash the giant Nazi robot, with the face of Hitler! Sure, those youngsters will complain that nobody fights against giant Nazi robots anymore, that they are old-fashioned... [[GrumpyOldMan What do they know about the good stuff?]]* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Guy Gardner, eventually. Early on, he's a complete asshole, though.* KingIncognito: The League makes a stealth mission into Bialya, dressed as common random people. To do so, Batman impersonates a millionaire: Bruce Wayne (the thing is that none of his teammates was aware that he ''is'' Bruce Wayne).* TheKirk: Maxwell Lord, Catherine* KneelBeforeZod: The Gray Man tried to force Dr. Fate to this. Let's just say that, by the end of the story, he has been reduced to a pile of dust. * LawyerFriendlyCameo: There were many characters modeled after others from Marvel Comics. First, the Justifiers (ComicBook/TheAvengers), who were Silver Sorceress, Blue Jay and Wandjina (ScarletWitch, [[ComicBook/AntMan Yellowjacket]] and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]; other Avengers appeared in backstories). The Silver Sorceress and Blue Jay even became members of the JLE. Their enemies were the Extremists (no specific Marvel group), composed of Lord Havoc (SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom), Dreamslayer ([[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Dormammu]]), Gorgon (ComicBook/DoctorOctopus), Tracer ([[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Sabretooth]]) and Dr. Diehard (SelfDemonstrating/{{Magneto}}). Then the Scarlet Skier (ComicBook/SilverSurfer) and his master Mr. Nebula (ComicBook/{{Galactus}}). And, finally, General Glory (ComicBook/CaptainAmerica).* LeaderWannabe: Guy Gardner. He will do it better than any of those girls! Or perhaps not.* MaliciousMisnaming: Captain Whitebread is always called "Captain Marvel" by Guy Gardner. Or was it the other way?* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Mr. Miracle and Big Barda. Gardner was lucky that she did not join the JLI herself, or she would have broken him in half at the first insult. * TheMcCoy: Captain Atom, while a member of Justice League Europe.* MesACrowd: A potential power of Lobo's, leading to an OhCrap from ComicBook/MartianManhunter.-->'''Big Barda''': Try not to hit him too hard.-->'''Martian Manhunter''': Excuse me?-->'''Barda''': If he bleeds, every single drop will create another one of him.-->'''Manhunter''': Every. Single. Drop?-->'''Barda''': Just stall him.* MeaningfulName: The JLI comics reveal that Lobo's name is Thusly for "He who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it."* MesACrowd: the Gray Man* MoodWhiplash: While the majority of the series tends to be more like a Superhero sitcom then a traditional comic, the series could still pull the rug right out from under you from time to time.** Case in point; when Desero, the first villain of the original League's first issue, comes back to Earth with a vengeance. There's still a funny line here and there, but for the most part, it's a ''very'' serious arc, with the League only managing to survive [[AssPull due to J'onn using a martian technique that had only just been revealed in that story.]]** The Extremists arc is another contender, with 5 expies of well-known Marvel Ssupervillains from another dimension coming to the main DC universe, hell-bent on killing as many people as possible and holding the entire Earth under the threat of a barrage of nukes just to get their kicks. Like with the Despero arc, the League can't even beat them on their own, only saving the day with the help of a WaltDisney expy, ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, seriously,]]) and new Leaguer, Silver Sorceress, though she had technically been in JLI since its earliest days, if not as a Leaguer. There a few other such stories aside from those two, and when these types of stories occurred, the general light & silly tone that the rest of the series exuded made the more serious tales all the more shocking.* [[MoralGuardians Moral Guardian]]: General Glory tries to be one, but it doesn't work too well given the rest of the team. Spending most of his time with Guy Gardner really didn't help.-->''*General Glory gets visibly flustered when some woman mentions being naked.*''-->'''Fire''': Are you embarrassed? General, we're all naked under our clothes.-->'''General Glory''': Yes, but does everyone have to know about it?* MsFanservice: Fire, with her second clothing set. Power Girl, contrary to her usual role in modern DC comics, was '''not''' Ms. Fanservice back then: first she had the physique of a bodybuilder rather than of a supermodel, and then she changed to the white-and-yellow costume with no CleavageWindow.* [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg My Friends... and Guy Gardner]]* NotMeThisTime: After a battle during the ''ComicBook/{{Invasion}}'' crossover, Mr. Miracle is cleaning the debris of a fallen alien starship, and Guy Gardner is kicking things around, with no regards for the possible consequences. Mr. Miracle tells him that if he's not careful he can make a big disaster, kicking things like that... and, suddenly, all the world turns black & white. But no, it wasn't because of Gardner, it was another attack of the aliens, which happened worldwide. * NoTrueScotsman: Annoyed by the presence of Jack O' Lantern, member of the Global Guardians, Captain Atom defied Dr. Mist to name a single member of the Justice League that is a violent psycho. Dr. Mist simply said "Guy Gardner". "Name another!"* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: The Joker instructed his mook to send him with Rocket Red, to kill him. But he was at a party filled with Russians. The Joker was angered with his mook, he's not going to kill that many people just to kill Rocket Red. What did the mook thought he was, a mass killer?-->'''Mook:''' Well... yes. * ObstructiveBureaucrat: Ambassador Heimlich, who fired many members of both teams and intended to rule the League with an iron fist. He was outed as a spy of the Queen Bee. * OhNoNotAgain: ** No, Ice, you will not be going on a date with Guy Gardner... again!** No, Batman, we won't send the League uninvited to Soviet airspace... again!** No, villains, you won't turn the League into wood... again!* OneHitKO: In ''Justice League'' #5, Guy Gardner challenges Batman for leadership of the League. Bats ends it pretty quickly, to the delight of the other Leaguers.* OnlySaneMan: Franchise/{{Batman}} originally, followed by ComicBook/MartianManhunter once Bats started appearing less frequently. ComicBook/CaptainAtom filled this role once the League split and he went to Europe.* PeoplePuppets: happened several times. ** The Grey Man controlled Captain Marvel and fought against the Martian Manhunter, who took him down hard (but without realizing that Marvel was freed seconds ago).** Starro, of course, is a JLA classic, and controlled the JLE, the Martian Manhunter and all of Britain (except the Clash and the Sex Pistols), and was defeated by Ice.** Dreamslayer controlled Maxwell Lord and many members of both Leagues, until his spirit was killed by the Silver Sorceress. ** Queen Bee used this on many Bialyans, the Global Guardians and other influential people she could capture.** And yes, Maxwell Lord had this power. But, contrary to the Maxwell Lord seen in DC since ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Countdown to Infinite Crisis]]'', he hardly ever used it. The first time, he manipulated Blue Beetle without even being aware he had such power. He used it to make the ComicBook/{{Huntress}} join the League (which was indeed wrong, but he realized it himself and let her go). He used it on a girl he liked to begin talking (just that). And hardly anything else (the things done under the control of Dreamslayer don't count).* PlayedForLaughs: Manga Khan plays for laughs most tropes associated to the megalomaniac villains: pompous speeches, unneeded shouts, monologuing, stock phrases...-->'''L-Ron:''' Sir, the shields have fallen.-->'''Manga Khan:''' WHAT?!-->'''L-Ron:''' I said that the shields have fallen.-->'''Manga Khan:''' I heard you! It was a rhetoric 'what', stupid! * PlayingWithFire: ''Green'' fire, at that.* PoweredArmor: The Rocket Reds.* PresidentEvil: A recurring enemy was Rumaan Harjavti, dictator of the FictionalCountry of Bialya. Harjavti was killed by Queen Bee, who became the new dictator, and ArchEnemy of the JLE. She was killed at the Grand Finale by Rumaan's identical twin brother, Sumaan.* RamblingOldManMonologue: General Glory spends most of his time narrating his old anecdotes with FDR and in World War II. J'Onn proposed him to write a book of his memoirs... and save those memoirs for the book. * RememberTheNewGuy: General Glory, a CaptainAmerica parody. Justified since knowledge of his existence was actively suppressed by the government, leading most people to assume he was just a comic book character.* RunningGag: Had its share:** Comicbook/AnimalMan could never find a useful animal to use with his powers.** Franchise/{{Batman}} always seemed to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere disappear]] when the group acted really crazy/immature. In one case, he left after just having the day's events described to him.* ReassignedToAntarctica: The Injustice League, after trying for OneLastJob only to end up foiling a robbery by a group of terrorists at the same location, decide to go straight and turn to the JLI for help. Max decides that since things tend to go insane when they get involved, to bring them on using this trope, literally reassigning them to Antarctica and packing Gnort away. This goes about as well as you'd expect, with mutant penguins attacking within days of the new branch starting, though Major Disaster does end up beating them with an avalanche when both branches of the JLI couldn't... albeit destroying [=JLAntarctica's=] headquarters in the process * ShooOutTheNewGuy:** Dr. Light (the female one, from ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'') was supposed to be a member of the team, being featured at the front page of the first issue and all. But she played a very minor role, did not even use the costume, and left at the beginning of the 4th issue. Then, she returned at the Grand Finale... only to play an even smaller role and leave again. (She got ''slightly'' more to do when she joined the JLE.)** [[ComicBook/DoctorFate Dr. Fate]] does this ''twice''. He's also on the cover of the first issue and barely appears after that. About half an issue is dedicated to Fate (now with a female body) rejoining the League, but again, she almost never shows up after that.* ShoutOut: During the stealth mission in Bialya, ComicBook/BlueBeetle is given the civilian name [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife George Bailey]]. Doubles as a StealthPun, since this would make him ComicStrip/BeetleBailey.* SignatureLaugh: Both heroes and villains would let out a loud "BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"* SliceOfLife: Often a source of humor in the series: it treated its characters as real people with quirks and flaws that we don't associate with superheroes. Even Martian Manhunter gained an addiction for... Oreos.** Another recurring subplot was ComicBook/BlueBeetle and ComicBook/BoosterGold constantly being broke. The two would either do freelance hero jobs or attempt grand get-rich-quick schemes to make money.** As noted under BigEater, Beetle constantly struggled with his weight. * SmashTheSymbol: So, first issue of a comic book making fun out of comic book tropes... who should they fight first? What about a terrorist threatening to blow up the United Nations? Nobody did that the previous three months...* TheSpock: First Batman, and then the Martian Manhunter for the most time. Did you think that the Vulcan Tuvok from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' had a difficult time dealing with Neelix? He did not endure a small fraction of the things that J'onn had to endure.* SpoilerOpening: Max Lord had suddenly woke up from the coma. Someone has stolen the robots of the Extremists. At the end of the comic book, we find out that Lord has awaken because Dreamslayer has [[DemonicPossession possessed his body]]. This ''should'' have been a huge reveal... if it wasn't openly announced on the comic book cover. * StrawFeminist: ComicBook/BlackCanary.** To some degree, Comicbook/PowerGirl as well, though she would be just as pissed at the women for letting themselves be victimized.* SuperZeroes: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]].* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Deconstructed. A secret villain organization captures the ugly cat, install a camera in his eye, and return him to the embassy. Great, now they can spy the secrets of the Justice League Europe! Or not. After that expensive operation, they spent months watching the cat drinking water from the toilet, playing in the garbage, sleeping at weird places, trying to eat Blue Jay, etc, etc. * TakeOverTheWorld: That's what Rumaan Harjavti wants to do... or, at least, take over half the world, and work from that point. * TakeThat: ** One of the Manhunter robots try to crash the ship at an oil refinery, but the Rocket Reds stop him and he crashes on the oil refinery alone. [[spoiler:Then, his basic frame gets out of the explosion, same as the Terminator. Booster Gold blows him into pieces.]]** Hawkman was one toward the SilverAge in general. He became so disgusted with the brash, crude nature of his teammates that he quit the League in a matter of days.--->'''Hawkman''': "Hell"?! Did you just say "hell"?! In all my life, I've never heard [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] say "hell"!* TalkingIsAFreeAction: General Glory is capable of giving a speech about the value of the American three powers ''while falling to his death''. * ThirdPersonPerson: Big Sir* ThoseTwoGuys: Blue Beetle and Booster Gold* UglyGuyHotWife: Fire is shown going out with Oberon occasionally. * WouldHitAGirl: When he met the League, time-traveler Booster Gold defeated the Royal Flush Gang all by himself. When only Ten remains, she asks if he would dare hit a girl. -->'''Booster Gold''': Well... You see, it's like this... *decks her* Where I come from equality of the sexes is a given, so we can hit anyone.* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Fire----